as in homage
a show of respect or acknowledgement of the authority or importance of another
They made obeisance before the king and queen. She earned herself some political enemies when she failed to make the proper obeisance to those in power.
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Recent Examples of obeisance
After a decade of seemingly supine obeisance, there is no obvious reason why the military leadership would suddenly rouse itself to oppose Xi.
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Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
Visitors who fail to perform the requisite display of obeisance have faced consequences, as in the Feb. 28 blowup with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 24 July 2025
But Zuckerberg isn’t the only one paying abject obeisance to the president.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
In the first case, Obama was accused of showing obeisance to a foreign ruler and Islam.
—Brendan Cole
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
Visitors who fail to perform the requisite display of obeisance have faced consequences, as in the Feb. 28 blowup with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 24 July 2025
But Zuckerberg isn’t the only one paying abject obeisance to the president.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
In the first case, Obama was accused of showing obeisance to a foreign ruler and Islam.
—Brendan Cole
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obeisance
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The fifth film, Scream (2022) doesn’t have a 5 or V in the title because that filmed served as both a reboot of the franchise as well as an homage to the original first film.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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Beam designed this series as a homage to the Yellowstone brand's early identity.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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This material should not be construed as a recommendation, or advice or an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any investment.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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That meant creating 16 bathrooms where none existed, installing underfloor heating throughout, and narrowing the swimming pool—a 1950s addition by the former mayor of Seville, a previous owner—out of respect for Andalusia's drought challenges.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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The crew did everything but salute.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Will John Williams get his traditional three-night salute in September?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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Think original pillars, carefully preserved Edwardian details, midcentury lines, and even a nod to postmodernism here or there.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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The future princess is said to have posted a sign on her bedroom door reading ‘Chief Chick,’ a cheeky nod to her landlady status.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her waist-length dirty blonde hair—which has since been cropped—was styled in a half-updo tied with a massive red bow.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Melodies move across the divide like the slow drag of a bow across a string.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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The reputation of the island's dairy is a source of pride, and ice cream is treated here with as much reverence as any other artisanal product.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Disability advocacy demands empathy, and racial history demands reverence.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Obeisance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obeisance. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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